would recommend

the folks out there saying this book is only for those interested on Harvard clearly didnt absorb the theory. these sorts of books are never, what I would consider, an "easy" read, however, they did try to keep the reader engaged. I was convinced, and am fully onboard with the formula, I hope it works for me and my little one.

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I want to tell all the parents i know about this book

Its very inspiring! Motivates you to do so much more for your kids! I just cant say enough good things about this book! I couldn’t wait to listen to it every time i stopped! Its very informative and I’ve learned a-lot. I love all the different examples. Very good book every parent should listen!

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Fantastic Book

I did not expect this book to be great due to the low number of reviews, but was very impressed by it. Parenting is a very polarizing topic, however, this book takes a very scientific, methodical approach to analyzing strategies that have worked for successful individuals. I appreciate the way it was written including many intriguing tales of parents raising kids along with a focused narrative on similarities between the different cases. I highly recommend this book for anyone looking for advice on parenting, especially individuals of diverse backgrounds and upbringings. The audio performance could use some work through as the dramatizations of the different characters was overly exaggerated and detracted from the overall quality of the content.

annoying voice

the reader does these super annoying voices to try to show different people are speaking. this got SO annoying I could barely stomach listening and getting the main points. I absolutely hated the performance.

wonderful considerations to navigate development

this is great structure for considerations in navigating children's development. many of the lessons in this book have direct applicability to our family. While The book is not exhaustive and may not apply to every situation being more geared towards the data from high achieving students rather than those that struggle, the patterns the focus and the mental models are universally applicable. The conclusion of the book pulls it all together by focusing on the children's strength to help boost their capabilities in life, and still confidence, and maximize results. I highly recommend this book in your personal library for child development.

written from huge privilege

The roles this book proposes for parents to take are great and make sense. but the book focuses on gifted and talented, unprivileged children, so it is not the majority of the cases. The study made to support this book looks really slanted and lacks a critical approach. I do not recommend this book.

Narration is horrible and distracting

The narrator's unnecessary need to try and change her voice for every person quoted in the book is unbelievably distracting and annoying. The material is wonderful, but this is not a Science Fiction novel, just read the book and stop trying to sound like a homeless inner city mother or Coutry Farm boy!

Great book!

Great content with relatable stories! Good concepts that can easily be applied in child raising.

Worthy listen

I enjoyed the stories. Would be great if there was a bulletpoint list to reference.

terrible "male" voice

great book, decent reading except when she read the male voices - she sounds like a constipated person who had something go down the wrong pipe. it's so distracting I had to stop listening and just read the book myself.